Post by godotwaits on Oct 31, 2016 22:45:43 GMT -5
Don't know how many circulate around here anymore, but I'll toss one out to you. "Born To Run" by Bruce Springsteen. His autobiography, just published. I wouldn't place it in the tier of 'literature' per se, but he's a pretty good writer.
I never was a real fan of his from the first listen in the early '70s,' it just all sounded like too many syllables to listen to. Must have been one of his first two albums. I remember listening in some store shopping for jeans or something, as I recall.
But his book is pretty forthright and sounds genuinely truthful, without being in any way self congratulatory, as one determined son of bitch. So, having lived at least for a couple of years in North Jersey, a lot of the culture he describes of that New Jersey scene of Asbury Park scene rings true to me.
Good read.
I never was a real fan of his from the first listen in the early '70s,' it just all sounded like too many syllables to listen to. Must have been one of his first two albums. I remember listening in some store shopping for jeans or something, as I recall.
But his book is pretty forthright and sounds genuinely truthful, without being in any way self congratulatory, as one determined son of bitch. So, having lived at least for a couple of years in North Jersey, a lot of the culture he describes of that New Jersey scene of Asbury Park scene rings true to me.
Good read.